I was gifted five older NHT speakers that have a gloss piano black finish. I’m fairly sure that this is plastic, not a lacquer or paint. There are some minor scuffs here and there and I’d like to try to restore the finish to be more uniform.
Does anyone have any suggestions for a product to use on these? Being plastic, I don’t think that a car polishing compound would be a good idea. And I’d rather not have to buy and try several different products. I can test the product on the bottoms of the speakers where “errors” won’t be very noticeable. I also have a random orbital buffer I can use, if it would be helpful.
It’s probably easier to remove a speaker and take a look at the edges. The enclosures have rounded edges, so I just sort of assumed it was molded. I guess it could have been shaped and then lacquered (or some other high gloss finish). They were not expensive speakers when they were new.
High gloss vinyl laminate, if they are something like the more recent versions of the NHT SuperOne or SuperZero (I used to have a couple). Other models are MDF, with many layers of paint covered by a couple of clear coat layers.
I just cleaned mine with a microfiber cloth once in a great while, I’m afraid I have no advice for polishing out scratches in plastics.
Thank you. Seems reasonable, as they are a bit too heavy to be all plastic. They are SP-1s, SP-2s, and an SC-1. Can’t say I’m impressed with them at this point, but they look pretty (where unscuffed).
just one of those “scratch out” pastes for making polycarb. headlights shiny again … at the end of the day, its just some fine abrasives in a liquid suspended.
just don’t start rubbing like crazy in a single spot or you might wear through the finish if it is really thin.
don’t go crazy with specifics - prob. the old toothpaste would do the job, as it often did in the 80ies on scratched CDs
The general rule of thumb for scratches in cars is: If you can catch your fingernail on it, it’s too deep to polish out. You’ll need to fill it and paint it.
If it’s just “marring” or light damage, a car polish or plastic polish and some polishing pads will do the trick. Sometimes wet sanding first. It sounds easy, and it’s not too rough, but I’d not want to be practicing on something I really didn’t want to screw up.
